Daily Archives: March 1, 2010

… There has been some criticism of Urban Meyer that he didn’t get Tebow prepared for the NFL. Host Rich Eisen asked Tebow if other SEC schools would use that to recruit negatively.

“They can just worry about trying to come back and beat Florida — that’s what they need to worry about,” Tebow said. “To defend coach Meyer and to defend Florida — he has taught his players over the last six-eight years the best of any coach in the country. You look at his players once they actually get on a team — they know football. We teach football. We teach schemes. We teach concepts that relate to the next level.

“He does a great job of teaching guys to learn football, learn concepts and be able to translate when they get to the next level.”

I don’t think “translate” means what he thinks it means. At least if he means it in the sense of “destined to become a major contributor on Sundays“.

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UPDATE: By the way, it’s probably worth mentioning that the schedule for this year’s SEC Media Days is out and the conference has thoughtfully scheduled Corch Meyers’ session for the first day. I can already smell a reader poll on the over/under for Tebow questions.

G-Day time, TV: UGA announced that the G-Day intra-squad football game on April 10 will start at 2 p.m. and be televised on CSS. Georgia’s home baseball game vs. Ole Miss on that day will be moved to 4 p.m. to accommodate fans who want to attend both events.

The state of Georgia is facing its biggest fiscal crisis in memory, but it’s still got room to stick a $10 million expenditure in the budget to help pay for the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.